Financial Information
Company Annual Reports: Check the parent company's annual report for any mention of its subsidiaries' or divisions' financial status. Often, but not always, a parent company will include this as part of the annual report.
Company annual reports can be located in a variety of places. The most obvious source is your company's homepage. Companies will have their annual reports located in different places on their homepages, so you may have to look around for them. Again, links that say "Corporate," "About Us" or "Investor Relations" would be good places to look. Companies will usually list only the most recent company annual report on their homepage. Many will also include other corporate filings such as 10-K and 8Q reports. These reports can also be found through library resources and websites such as LexisNexis Academic and the SEC website, listed below.
Financial information about subsidiaries and divisions can also be found in newspaper and trade magazine articles. Be sure to search databases which provide access to these publications. A list of these databases can be found in the Finding Articles section.
- SEC Filings & Forms (EDGAR)Tip: Click on "Search for Company Filings"
- Mergent onlineTip: Search for your company. Once on the company page, click on the "Company Financials" tab for financial information and on the "Reports" tab for annual reports.
- PrivCoDatabase of financial data on major privately-held companies. Includes private financials and revenues; private M&A deals and deal multiples, private firm valuations, VC funding, private equity deal history; and private and family ownership data.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowTip: Financial information for a company may be available on its profile page. Please keep in mind that this information will not be available if this is a private company.
- Standard & Poor's netadvantage This link opens in a new windowLook in the company profile information for company financials -- check in the left column for Financials.
